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MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017

Seymour gets the victory over Charlton

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

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n their first meeting for the year since switching places in the history books as the national record holder of the women’s high hurdles, Pedrya Seymour pulled a close victory over Devynne Charlton to highlight the performances of a number of Bahamians at the Rod McCravy Memorial in Lexington, Kentucky, over the weekend.

In the much anticipated clash of the titans, Seymour came third for the Illinois Fighting Illini in a personal best of 7.98 seconds to Purdue Boilermakers’ Charlton, who finished fourth place in a season’s best of 8.05. The race was won by world record holder Kendra Harrison, competing for Adidas, in 7.75 for a new championship record.

Leah Nugent of PUMA was sec-

PEDRYA SEYMOUR (left) and DEVYNNE CHALRTON in action. ond in 7.96. “It was a pretty good race, but of course I was a bit anxious just because the world record holder was in the race,” Seymour told The Tribune. “But I felt pretty confident with my training, so I knew I would do very well. I didn’t

have a good start. That is something I definitely have to work on.

“But when I got going, probably around the third hurdle, I started competing and the results took care of itself. But it was good to see Devynne back and running

and she’s healthy again. I know a lot of people watched the race, so I’m glad that I finished under eight seconds and I didn’t fold up.”

Seymour, in her second meet for the year, said she knows there is still a lot more in the tank and she hopes to get better as the season progresses and eventually erase Illinois’ school record of 7.90 indoors and go after the NCAA record of 7.77.

But she said her ultimate goal is to qualify for the IAAF World Championships in August in London, England, and she’s hoping that both her and Charlton are both there as they try to make the country proud starting with the NCAA Championships.

While it was just her season’s best, Charlton acknowledged that she still has a lot more work to do.

“I wasn’t pleased because the

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Olympian Jamal Wilson dominates in high jump KYLE ALCIME LATEST BAHAMIAN TO BREAK 7-FOOT BARRIER

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net WHILE there were no additional CARIFTA qualifiers, Kyle Alcime improved on his performance in the under-20 boys’ high jump, becoming the latest Bahamian to soar over the 7-foot barrier, in the Roadrunners’ 11th annual Dianne Lynn Thompson Classic.

Alcime, who did the qualifying standard last week in the T-Bird Flyers Classic, cleared 2.15 metres or 7-feet ½-inch, to take the divisional title in the combined men’s field that included Olympians Jamal Wilson and Maicel Uibo of Estonia.

Wilson, competing unattached, won the open men’s division with 2.23m (7-3 ¾), while Uibo, representing the Bahamas Speed Dynamics, was second with 2.05m (6-8 ¾).

Alcime, home on a break from Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida, had matched the qualifying height of 2.095m (6-8 ¾) for the games, scheduled for Curacao over the Easter holiday weekend. On Saturday, he went even higher, joining an elite group of Bahamians to attain the 2.15m (7-0).

“I feel like I’m with the big boys now,” said Alcime, who got the crowd in the stadium to clap for him as he attempted each jump. “It was a little boost for me too competing with two Olympians.

“That inspired me a lot. Jamal kept telling me that I could do it. I

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FLYING HIGH: Olympian Jamal Wilson, of the Bahamas, clears the bar in the high jump during the Roadrunners’ 11th annual Dianne Lynn Thompson Classic on Saturday.

Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff

CONFERENCE

Champions, Pg 5

GEORGETTE ROLLE ON PAR FOR THE PURE SILK-BAHAMAS LPGA CLASSIC

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net GEORGETTE Rolle is hoping that the fourth time will be her charm as she gets ready to mix and mingle with some of the best female golfers in the world at the fifth Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic this week at the Ocean Golf Club on Paradise Island.

Rolle, now a teaching professional of her own Fourteen Clubs Golf Academy at the Bahamas Golf Federation’s Driving Range, said she and her caddie Marcus Pratt have been working on narrowing their focus on playing the course and she’s excited about getting through the greens this year.

“We’ve been working really hard this year,” she said on Saturday as she participated in the LPGA Junior Clinic conducted at the BGF facility. “We like the results we’ve seen so far and how our routine has gone.”

For Rolle, who broke the ceiling when she got the Bahamian exemption to play in the initial tournament and now in her third straight after Raquel Riley secured the spot in the second, there’s no better feeling than to carry the Bahamian flag in such a prestigious event on home soil.

“It means a lot for me to play, but I think as the years go by and my Fourteen Golf Club grows, more of the younger players are looking up to me as a role model and so I think that’s why it becomes more important, not necessarily for me as a player being in the event, but for me as the coach of Fourteen Club,” she said.

“So that’s what makes it huge and important.”

But Rolle can not underestimate the magnitude of just being listed on the same chart in the $1.4 tournament that saw Hyo Joo Kim, who captured her third title on the LPGA Tour last year with a final round 7-under par 66 and 18-under 274 total to defeat Stacy Lewis, Anna Nordqvist and 2015 champion Sei Young Kim by two strokes.

“The way that sports tourism has done to get this tournament here is huge because when I played in the LPGA Futures Tour, I actually didn’t play in a LPGA event,” she said.

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Carey, Cleare and ‘Tum Tum’ take NCAA spotlight

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net IN a senior season where he looks to establish himself for the next level and have his Wagner Seahawks contend in the Northeastern Conference, Michael Carey continues to put up stellar numbers.

Carey finished with 22 points, 10 rebounds and two steals in the Seahawks’ 67-62 win over conference rivals, the Sacred Heart Pioneers, this weekend.

For Carey it was a night where he shot 61 per cent from the field and scored 14 of his game-high 22 points in the second half to fend the Pioneers off. It was his sixth double-double of the season and third in the last four games. It was also his third 20-point game in his

last five outings. Wagner has a 3-2 win-loss record during that stretch. They improved to 8-10 on the season, 4-4 in NEC play. The Pioneers fall to 8-13 and 3-5 in conference play.

Carey has totalled 21 career double-doubles, now in his second year with the programme.

On the season he is averaging 12.5 points ad 8.9 rebounds per game.

“A hard-fought, very tough battle against a really talented, explosive offensive scoring team in Sacred Heart,” said Seahawk fifthyear head coach Bashir Mason on the school’s athletics website. “I’m proud of our guys for sticking with who we are for 40 minutes and coming out with a great road win, our first (road win) in the conference and I’m excited about it.”

Prior to the start of the season, Carey outlined his perceived role as a senior leader on the team.

“My responsibilities haven’t really changed, the coaching staff asked me to be more vocal, instead of just leading by example, I have to be the veteran of the team, I’m the oldest guy on the team, I have to take guys to the side and explain the plays and show them the tricks that someone once taught me,” Carey said.

“I’ve gotten trust from the coach allowing me to play my game, they trust my basketball IQ and allow me to manoeuvre around the court and take advantage that allows me to be 6’5” and a do-it-all guard.”

In 34 games last season, Carey played 29 minutes per game and averaged 12.6 points and 9.1 rebounds.

KANSAS’ Frank Mason III (0) blocks a shot by Texas’ Shaquille Cleare (32) during Saturday’s NCAA game. (AP) The Seahawks lost to Creighton 87-54 in the National Invitation Tournament second round.

Carey, posted 15 doubledoubles on the season and was a two time NEC Player of the Week honouree.

In the offseason, Carey was a member of the Bahamas’ senior national team which finished seventh at the Centrobasket in Panama.

In the Big 12 and the Big 10, it was a continued struggle for Shaquille Cleare and Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn.

Cleare finished with 11 points, two rebounds and a blocked shot in 22 minutes of his Texas Longhorns’ 7967 loss to the Kansas Jayhawks. The senior forward has scored in double figures for three consecutive games, but the Longhorns remain in the midst of a five-game losing streak.

The Longhorns have struggled with a 7-12 record, 9th in the Big 12.

Cleare is averaging 7.8

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Real Deal Shockers beat Rockets, 73-68 THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season action with a series of games at the AF Adderley Gymnasium over the weekend.

On Friday night, Mr Ship It Freight Regulators defeated the Rhythm Rebels 77-59 and the Commonwealth Bank Giants defeated the Double R Services Cleaners 74-69.

On Saturday night, the Bargain Wholesale Kings defeated the Elites Basketball Club 58-51, the Hype Basketball defeated the Triple K Stampers 72-60 and the Real Deal Shockers defeated the Rockets 73-68.

• Here’s a summary of the games played: Regulators 77, Rebels 59 Eugene Bain pumped in a game high 22 points, shooting 7-for-12 from the field and 8-for-12 from the free throw line in 26 minutes and 23 seconds, while pulling down 12 rebounds with two assists and two steals in the win for Mr Ship It Freight.

Simon Cruz had 11 points and four rebounds; Dion McPhee had nine points and two rebounds and Brian Bain chipped in with eight points, four assists and two rebounds.

For Rhythm, Alexander Rolle came up with 17 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals to pace the losers. Rashard Williams had 15 points, seven assists, five rebounds and five steals; Craig Buchanan had 11 points and five rebounds and Anthony Williams added eight points and 12 rebounds.

Giants 74, Cleaners 69 Michael Bain Jr canned a game high 24 points in 32

THE REAL DEAL Shockers defeated the Rockets 73-68 in New Providence Basketball Association regular season action at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night.

Photo: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff and a half minutes, shooting 9-for-18 from the field and 6-for-13 from the charity stripes, to lead Commonwealth Bank to another win.

David Taylor had 15 points, three rebounds and three assists and Jeffrey Henfield had 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Herbert Knowles came off the bench and scored 16 points with five rebounds to lead the losers.

Rashad Woodside had 15 points, 20 rebounds and four assists; Dax Evans, also off the bench, had 14 points and six rebounds

and Tamiko King added 11 points, three assists and two rebounds.

Kings 58, Elites 51 Richard Kemp came up with a game high 18 points in 27:29 minutes, connecting on 3-for-9 from the field and 8-for-9 from the foul line with four rebounds and three assists in the win for Bargain Wholesale.

Dennis Turnquest had 15 points, four rebounds and three assists; Will Culmer had eight points and Antoine Levarity added six points.

Rashad Stubbs had 11 points with four rebounds

and four steals to lead the losers. Tario McKenzie had 10 points and four assists and his twin brother Dario McKenzie had nine points and four rebounds.

Hype 72, Stampers 60 Dale Davis, in 33 minutes, finished with a game high 22 points and seven rebounds as Hype Basketball got the win.

Andreas Black had 19 points and six rebounds; Alexander Bullard had 10 points and five rebounds and Denaje Rolle came off the bench and added 10 points.

Johnley Noel matched the game high honours with 22 points in the loss.

Aaron Sands had 10 points and nine rebounds; Walter Rolle had six points and Elkin Sherman came off the bench and added six points.

Shockers 73, Rockets 68: Shakeil Adderley had 11 points in 20 minutes, shooting 4-for-8 from the field and 2-for-2 from the foul line, to pace the winners.

Lamont Armaly had eight points and four assists; William Rigby also had eight points with four rebounds and Floyd Armbrister came off the bench and netted eight points as well.

Henderson Curry had a game high 13 points with six rebounds and four assists to lead the losers; Corey Williams had 11 points with 11 rebounds and Dancel Knowles had seven points and 10 rebounds.

The regular season continues 7pm tonight with a double header with Commonwealth Bank Giants taking on the Pirates and at 8:30pm, the PJ Stingers will face Mr Ship It Freight Regulators.

MICHIGAN State guard Lourawls Nairn Jr (11), of the Bahamas, shoots over Indiana guard Curtis Jones (0) in the first half of Saturday’s NCAA college basketball game. (AP)

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Nairn finished with three points in the Michigan State Spartans’ 82-75 loss to the

Indiana Hoosiers.

The Spartans are 12-8, 5th in the Big 10 and have lost consecutive games since defeating the No. 24 Minnesota Golden Gophers.

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Monday, January 23, 2017, PAGE 3

‘Please take to social media and get the momentum going behind Buddy’ LET’s see if I can recall it correctly!

Yes, exactly - it was somewhere around the "Freeport" portion of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver's enthused announcement that Bahamian native Buddy Hield was drafted by the New Orleans Pelicans with the 6th overall pick last June, that the entire Bahamas emotionally migrated to the Big Easy.

That evening all of my social media timelines were bombarded with clear, bold declarations of 'in Buddy we trust.'

Firmly rebounding from his flat first half of the season, Buddy has finally taken his initial steps toward making his imprint on the basketball world.

Over the last quarter of the season, Hield has pushed his shooting percentages to 37 per cent from long distance, 39 per cent from the field and 92 per

cent from the charity stripe.

If that wasn't enough, Buddy Hield was named the Western Conference's Rookie of the Month for December.

Over that stretch, he led the all West rookies in scoring with just north of 10.5 per game, three-point per centage, just shy of .500; and three-pointers made 33.

Now that his résumé is known, the hometown boy has finally come calling for that support we promised the NBA All-Star Weekend is calling.

The city of New Orleans, Buddy's NBA hometown, will host All-Star weekend February 17-19 and the former Jack Hayward Wildcat has tossed his name into consideration for the Foot Locker Three-Point Contest.

Hield, prior to the start of his rookie campaign, made his interest known, stating

FOURTH QUARTER PRESS

BY RICARDO WELLSedia.net rwells@tribunem

THE NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND 3-PT SHOOTOUT IS “CLEARLY A WIN-WIN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BUDDY HIELD BRAND”

at that time that he wanted to be in the three-point shooting contest in New Orleans and if it’s possible I’d like to do it."

"It’s a challenge to compete with Steph [Curry], Klay [Thompson] and all those guys. You’re competing with the best three-point shooters in the world.”

All a part of a point he reiterated during team managed social media video stream last week.

Buddy told fans via the stream: “Y’all need to campaign for Buddy to enter the three-point contest.”

Now before you go off on a tangent and ramble on about how the kid’s too young and unprepared for the contest, let me remind you that the weekend's Saturday stage has been the coming out party for many of the league's finest young players in the past.

The events allow the league's fresh faces a chance

to show out and impress, and if they just so happen to bomb, provides enough overall excitement to act as a cloak them criticism.

This event is clearly a win-win opportunity for the Buddy Hield brand.

So while I should stop short of calling for a national holiday with all public and private focuses going toward flooding NBA social media accounts with recommendations from Bahamians, insisting that the NBA place Buddy in the contest.

I wouldn't even advise against offering up Baha Mar level concession to the league to sweeten the pot after all, all is fair in basketball. This is my plea. Please take to social media and get the momentum going behind Buddy.

Participants will be officially announced in the weeks leading up to the event.

ASPIRING JUNIOR GOLFERS MAKE THE MOST OF YOUTH CLINIC

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“So by having it at home and having that exemption slot available to Bahamians, this is the opportunity of a lifetime with it being home. “I’m sure if I would have had another opportunity to play in one with my teaching schedule because once you are in the teaching world, the playing mindset or thinking that you will play again goes out the window because it’s a long week teaching and you don’t get that much opportunity to play.”

With so many top ranked players participating, Rolle said there is a lot of pressure because she will have two days on Thursday and Friday to advance to the main draw play on Saturday and Sunday when the international television coverage takes centre stage.

“You have to make sure that you are ready for the four days of competition,” Rolle stated. “It’s just a belief factor, deciding that you are going to play and believing that you can do it. Physically, I’m going into the event hitting the ball just as well as the persons who won, chipping and doing stuff like that.

“But I think what separated me from the field that made the cut is knowing that you belong there. That’s the thing. So that has been a big part of my preparation this time, just believing that I belong there and playing with them, not just physically, but with the mindset that I belong there.”

Just to clear her mind away from her teaching responsibility, Rolle said she took some time off to go to the United States to get into her own bubble in a tournament environment where she worked on her game and making the adjustment.

“We have some very good players coming here to participate, playing at the top of their game,” Rolle said.

“I have to make sure that I get out there and do my thing.”

And today, Rolle is keeping her finger crossed that

MORE than 60 juniors participated in the youth clinic conducted by the Bahamas Golf Federation and the Ladies Professional Golf Association. The clinic, hosted as a part of the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic that will be held this week at the Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island, was held on Saturday at the Driving Range and Teaching Facility. The juniors in attendance got tips from visiting professionals Casey Grice from United States, Regina Placencia from Mexico and Bahamian teaching pro Georgette Rolle. Grice earned LPGA Tour status via a tie for 21st finish at the 2014 LPGA Qualifying Tournament. She finished 24th on the money list on the Symetra Tour-Road to the LPGA in 2014 and was in the top 10 three times on the Symetra Tour in 2014. She played collegiate golf at the University of North Carolina where she was a two-time All-ACC member and two-time GolfWeek Honorable Mention All-American. In the 2013, she played in the North Texas LPGA Shootout as a collegiate qualifier. Placencia turned pro in November of 2016. She will be participating in today’s Qualifier at the Ocean Golf Club on Paradise Island to try and earn the spot to play in the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic. She is trying to earn full status on the LPGA Tour. Rolle will be participating for the 4th time in the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic. She won the Pre-Qualifier hosted by the BGF on December 17-18 to earn a spot in the field this year. The three professionals introduced themselves and spoke to the juniors and their parents about their experiences in golf and how they started in the game. The group split into 3 stations and each pro gave the juniors pointers, showed them how to hit different shots, and gave them individual lessons. Professionals had a great interaction with the juniors and they were all very excited to be learning from the best. At the end of the clinic, each junior received a Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic poster which was personally signed by each pro. Tournament sponsors ALIV, Coke and the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism supported the clinic as well.

Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff Riley clinches one of the two spots in the qualifying round that will take place at the Ocean Club. Riley, now a teaching pro in Exuma, played in the second Silk Tournament when she beat out Rolle in the BGF playoffs.

“Her game is looking pretty decent. I know she said she was working on her putting,” Rolle said. “So I wish her all the best as a Bahamian. We grew up to-

gether playing as juniors, but the more of us in the field is better, which is what we need to push us along.”

On Sunday, Rolle said she was delighted to be a part of the three-member team that included American Casey Grice and Mexican Regina Placencia, who imparted their knowledge to more than 60 youngsters in the LPGA-BGF’s Junior Clinic at the BGF’s Driving Range at the Baillou Hills

Sporting Complex.

“The girls that did the clinic with me were fun, they were very opened to the kids. That was perfect,” Rolle said. “The kids got to see us practice and they got to what they like to do, which is to hit some golf balls with the professionals to say ‘hi, I can do it too.’

“So I m hoping that they were able to walk away with the desire to hit some more golf balls. I want this

for me. I want to win more for them than myself. That is what has me on a more mental level. I want it more for them.”

Over her past appearances, Rolle said she put a lot of pressure on herself to do very well, but she’s not feeling it right now, although there is a sense of anxiety that comes just before teeing off.

“Last year, I was kind of wondering if I’m going to

play well and I didn’t play as well as I wanted to play,” she said. “This year, I know I’m going to play well and so I think that is going to make the difference.”

Only time will tell how she will perform when the tournament gets underway on Thursday. But Rolle, who turned pro in 2008 out of Texas Southern University, said she’s definitely going to be ready for the challenge this year.

Pedrya Seymour earns the victory over Devynne Charlton FROM PAGE 1

race itself was somewhat sloppy and was not executed well,” she told The Tribune. “But it’s encouraging at the same time because I know what to work on and fix for the next time.”

Looking at the field of competitors, they competed against, Charlton said she “expected to see good competition and face probably the best field of athletes.

I wanted to have a better showing, but I’m still happy with the season’s best performance.

“Having Kendra Harrison next to me was definitely a push and added a little extra pressure as well as having Pedrya in the race.

I knew I would have to compete hard against that type of field.”

After the performance, just her second meet for the season since

returning from her injured season last year, Charlton said she’s pleased with her effort moving forward.

Last year, Seymour erased Charlton’s national outdoor record and lowered it to 12.64 when she raced to a sixth place finish at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Charlton, who went down with an injury and had to skip the trip to Rio, still holds the national indoor record of 7.97 that she established at the Big Ten Conference Championships last year in Geneva, Ohio.

A number of other Bahamians participated in the meet with another dual match-up.

In the men’s 400m, Henry Delauze, a junior at Miami, won the race in 47.42 and Purdue’s sophomore Kinard Rolle suffered

his first loss of the season as he dropped to third in 47.54.

Also, Kirk Lewis Jr, representing the Clemson Crimson Tide as a junior, qualified with the sixth spot in 8.01 and went on to improve to 7.88 for fourth place in the final.

In the women’s 60m, Purdue’s Carmiesha Cox ran 7.41 for fifth place in the final after she posted the ninth and final qualifying spot in 7.44. Javiann Oliver, a senior at Kentucky, won the race in 7.18.

Cox, in her senior year, doubled up in the 200m where she got eighth place in 23.94, while Keianna Albury, a sophomore at Penn State, was 22nd in 24.57.

“This weekend was a good week for the Boilermakers. We had a few season’s best, some personal best and an overall good

effort,” she told The Tribune. “I was pleased with both of my races this weekejnd. I got a new lifetime best in the 60m and an okay 200m race. There is still work to be done and I’m excited for what this seasons brings.”

Cox, who ran on the Olympic women 4 x 400m relay team, said her goal this season is to qualify for the World Championships in London in the 200m and hopefully lower her times.

And Purdue’s Keanu Pennerman just missed out of advancing to the men’s 60m final when he clocked 6.86 for 10th place.

The ninth and final spot went in with the same time. Pennerman, a sophomore, was also 18th in the 200m in 22.04.

On the field, Dannielle Gibson, coming off her Athlete of the

Month honour at Penn State, got third in the women’s triple jump with 12.88m. Gibson, now in her senior year, also contested the long jump where she was ninth with 5.59m, followed by Keianna Albury in a distant 20th place with 5.16m.

Celene Thompson, a freshman at the University of Miami, picked up an eighth place finish in the women’s high jump with her height of 1.63m.

Back on the field, some of the athletes competed on their relay teams. In the women’s 4 x 400m, Cox ran the third leg as the Boilermakers came in fifth in 3:56.11.

And in the men’s 4x4, Rolle ran second as Purdue finished sixth in 3:10.38 with Delauze, going headto-head on the same leg, coming in eighth in 3:12.16 for Miami.

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ON TRACK: Young athletes compete during the Roadrunners’ 11th annual Dianne Lynn Thompson Classic on Saturday.

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Roadrunners track meet highlights FROM PAGE 1 was scared when he told me to try the 2.15. I was ‘no, I ain’t reach there yet.’ So I was very happy with the attemp and cleared it.”

Wilson, a member of last year’s Olympic Games team that competed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, said it was all about having fun in practice.

“I have a lot of things to work on because this is my first time jumping for the season, so it will get better. I’m looking forward to it,” he said.

Wilson, however, said he was very impressed with Alcime’s performance and even though he was a little timid to try to 2.15m, he got it.

Uibo, here to continue his training as he prepares for his marriage to Bahamian Olympic 400m gold medallist Shaunae Miller, said it was good to get the season opener as he competed in both the shot put and high jump as a part of his regimen for the decathlon.

“It was a good quality training,” Uibo said. “I got four quality throws in with the short put and the high jump, I did the shot approach, so everything went very good for me,” he said. “The young guy did good, getting his PR and Jamal also did good, so it was good to be here.”

At the beginning of March, Uibo will be heading to Europe for their indoor season, so he will continue to prepare for the competition ahead of him.

In her second meet for the year, V’Alonee Robinson contested the women’s open 100m for the first time, winning in 12.49 as she picked up her second triumph in the long jump with 5.86m (19-2 ¾).

“It was windy out there, but I just wanted to execute my first 20m and work on some stuff from there,” said Robinson, who competed for TWD Athletics. “My goal is to make the World Championship team.

“I’m just trying to work on some technical stuff so that I can really

execute my races, remain focus, get out and pound to the finish. If I can improve on my PR (11.4) I would be very satisfied.”

Daejha Moss of Leap of Faith won the under-20 girls high jump with 1.55m (5-1) and the long jump with 5.62m (18-5 ¼), but she said her goal is to eventually get the Carifta qualifying standards.

“I’m of to a slow start, but I know my finish is going to be okay,” said the 17-year-old Queen’s College 12th grader. “I just need to work

on how I am on top of the bar in the high jump and not just being scared of the height, but confident in myself that I can do it.”

In one of the most exciting races on the track, Glen Knowles of Club Monica had to power back on the home stretch to pass the fading Mookie Rolle of Swift Athletics to take the boys under-20 800m in 1:59.50. Rolle, who had built a sizeable lead on the last lap, ended up second in 2:00.56.

“I went out for the first lap, but

I wanted to preserve some of my energy for the last lap,” said the 17-year-old St Augustine’s College 12th grader. “The minute he sprinted away from me, I saw him looking back, so I knew that I could catch him at the end.”

Most of the athletes, attempting to qualify for Carifta and the World Championships, fell short of the standards, but most of them felt they are target to attaining their goals.

Godfrey Arthur Jr won the boys under-128 400m for the second straight meet, winning this time in 51.56. He also got second overall in the 200m in 22.39.

“I think I had a better opportunity in this one, but I wasn’t really feeling it,” said the St Anne’s standout. “The race was good, but coming of an injury, I really didn’t want to push it. But I want to make the Carifta team and win the 200 and 400 gold medals.”

Sasha Wells, competing in the girls under-20 200m, won the race in 25.87 after she got third in her 100m in 13.20 behind Star Trackers’ winner Catalyn Blayre, who is making her return this year, winning in 12.83.

“The 100m was good as I would like it to be, but we were running into a head wind, but I’m just using the 200m to get ready for the 100 and the 100m hurdles,” Wells said.

Devine Parker, the Bahamas High Performance speedster, won the under-128 girls 100m in 12.43 and she doubled up in the 200m in 25.00. “I qualified for the 200m in the T-Bird Flyers meet last week, so I’m just trying to get my time down in the 100 so I can qualify in that too,” Parker said. “I just have to train harder in practice and do

more speed work. I know I can do it.”

And Tavonte Mott came out victorious in the under-20 boys 200m in 21.86 after finishing second in the 100m (11.16) behind winner Karon Dean (11.12).

“It was a good experience, good opener running in the headwind,” said Mott, a 18-year-old 12th grader at St Augustine’s College.

“I’m really concentrating on the 110m hurdles, but if I can qualify in the 100m as well, I would be very pleased.”

For the meet, the National Sports Authority opened the infield to allow the throwers to compete.

Among some of the outstanding performances turned in were Tiffany Hanna of Triple Threat, winner of the under-20 girls shot put (11.47m or 37-7 ¾) and discus (36.11m or 118-6) and Selina Brown of the Blue Chips Athletics, winner of the open women’s shot put (9.59m or 31-5 ¾) and the discus (28.24m or 92-8).

Meet director Dexter Bodie said the meet went very well and he thanked all of the clubs, their coaches and fans as well as the NSA for ensuring that everything well went.

“We had the nets out so the athletes could use the field for the throwing events,” he said. “We had over 900 athletes registered from over 40 clubs, so it was very encouraging.”

Bodie, however, said it was unfortunate that at the end of the meet, some of the athletes sustained cramps and or hamstring pulls because of the slight change in the weather. But he said it’s not something that they could have overcome.

THE TRIBUNE

Monday, January 23, 2017, PAGE 5

AFC champions Patriots headed to the Super Bowl

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Pro Football Writer A season that began with Tom Brady serving a four-game suspension will end with him in the Super Bowl, where his New England Patriots will take on Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons.

While much of the attention between now and the NFL championship game on February 5 in Houston will be focused on Brady vs.

Ryan, the truly key matchup could be Atlanta’s score-at-will offence, which produced the most points during the regular season, against the unheralded defence of New England, which allowed the fewest.

And these two teams are playing their best football at the most important time.

AFC champion New England (16-2) has won nine consecutive games — and hasn’t even trailed since November 27 NFC champion Atlanta (13-5) has won its past six in a row, scoring at least 33 points in each.

“We’ll enjoy this,” Ryan said after earning his first Super Bowl trip in his ninth season, “but we’ve got some work to do.”

Brady and coach Bill Belichick will be seeking their — and the Patriots’ — fifth Lombardi Trophy, and second in three years. This will be the franchise’s league-record ninth appearance in the Super Bowl, including titles in the 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2015 editions.

“This team showed a lot of mental toughness over the course of the year,” Brady said.

The Falcons have never won the Super Bowl. This will be Atlanta’s second trip to the big game; it lost to Denver in 1999.

The club’s never had a quarterback quite as good as Ryan, though.

The guy nicknamed “Matty Ice” went 27 for 38 for 392 yards, four touchdowns and zero interceptions, while adding a rushing TD, to boot, leading Atlanta past Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers 44-

PATRIOTS QB Tom Brady, right, holds the AFC championship trophy beside team owner Robert Kraft, left, honourary captain Tedy Bruschi, second from left, and head coach Bill Belichick after last night’s AFC championship NFL game in Foxborough, Mass. The New England Patriots defeated the the Pittsburgh Steelers 36-17 to advance to the Super Bowl.

(AP Photo/Matt Slocum) 21 on Sunday in the NFC championship game.

“We did exactly what we’ve been doing all year and it feels really good,” Ryan said after becoming the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for at least three TDs in four consecutive postseason games.

“We’ll be ready to go. That’s for sure.”

Later Sunday, the 39-year-old Brady tied Hall of Famer Joe Montana’s record with a ninth three-TD postseason game, helping the Patri-

ots beat Ben Roethlisberger 36-17 for the AFC championship.

Oddsmakers didn’t even wait for the second game to end before making New England a 3-point favourite over Atlanta in the Super Bowl.

New England opened the season with a 3-1 record despite using two backup quarterbacks while playing those games without Brady after he went through a lengthy court battle in an unsuccessful bid to have his ban overturned for what be-

came known as “Deflategate.” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Brady because the league said it determined the Patriots intentionally underinflated footballs used in an AFC championship game victory two years ago.

During Sunday’s game in Foxborough, Massachusetts, spectators mocked Goodell by chanting “Where is Roger?” — he chose to attend the game in Atlanta instead.

And as well as Brady played — 32 for 42 for 384 yards, those three scores and zero interceptions — it was the way New England’s defence played that stood out.

Right from the get-go, too: On Pittsburgh’s first two drives, nine plays yielded a total of 26 yards.

Then there was the stand late in the second quarter, when the Steelers had first-and-goal at the 1-foot line and wound up settling for a field goal. And, by game’s end, the Patriots had forced two turnovers.

New England ranked No. 1 in the NFL in points allowed per game at 15.6, and it gave up only 326.4 yards per game, eighth-best.

MVP favourite Ryan, meanwhile, directed a unit orchestrated by offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan — expected to be hired after the season as San Francisco’s new head coach, he’s the son of twotime Super Bowl champion coach Mike Shanahan — that topped the league in scoring (33.8) and ranked second in yards (415.8).

Brady, a three-time Super Bowl MVP and two-time league MVP, and the Patriots also own a pretty effective offence, even after losing star tight end Rob Gronkowski to an injury. New England ranked fourth in yards (386.2) and third in points (27.6).

Another thing these teams have in common is that neither hurts itself with turnovers: They tied for the fewest in the regular season, with 11. That could be part of why bookies are expecting a high-scoring game, with most setting the over-under at 58 points.

Super Falcons: Atlanta routs Packers 44-21 for NFC title

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Ryan and Julio Jones teamed up for a dominant playoff performance, and the Atlanta Falcons ignored all those ghosts from the last half-century.

Next up: Super Bowl 51.

Ryan threw for 392 yards and four touchdowns in another MVP-worthy showing, while Jones shook off a toe injury to haul in nine catches for 180 yards and two scores, leading the Falcons to a 44-21 blowout of the storied Green Bay Packers in the NFC championship yesterday.

Atlanta (13-5) will face the New England Patriots in the February 5 title game in Houston. It will be only the second Super Bowl appearance in the Falcons’ 51year history, the first coming 18 years ago with a team known as the “Dirty Birds.”

They have never won an NFL championship.

If Ryan and the league’s highest-scoring offence keep playing like this, the AFC winner will sure have its hands full in the Lone Star State. The Falcons led 24-0 at halftime against the Packers (12-6), perhaps the league’s hottest team, and essentially put the game away on their second offensive snap of the second half, a play that showed every one of Jones’ remarkable skills .

He blazed down the middle of the field, shook off LaDarius Gunter’s attempt to grab him on a cut toward the sideline, hauled in the pass from Ryan, broke Gunter’s diving attempt at tackle, and defiantly knocked away Damarious Randall’s with a brutal stiffarm on the way to a 73-yard touchdown.

Not bad, considering he took it easy much of the week because of his sore left foot.

“I didn’t practice that much throughout the week,” Jones said, “but today I came out and gave it

PACKERS’ QB Aaron Rodgers on the sidelines yesterday in Atlanta. (AP) all I had.”

In the final game at the Georgia Dome, Ryan sparked more delirious chants of “MVP! MVP! MVP!” as he carved up an injury-plagued Packers secondary that had no way of stopping a team that averaged nearly 34 points a game during the regular season and romped to a 3620 victory against Seattle’s Legion of Boom last week.

For good measure, Ryan also ran for a touchdown.

“We played great,” he said. “We did exactly what we’ve been doing all year and it feels really good.”

The Packers, riding an eight-game winning streak and coming off a thrilling upset of the top-seeded Dallas Cowboys , got a taste of what they’d be in for on Atlanta’s very first possession.

Driving 80 yards in 13 plays, the Falcons converted three third downs, the last when Ryan scrambled away from pressure and flipped a shovel pass to Mohamed Sanu for a 2-yard score.

Aaron Rodgers and the Packers came right back, moving quickly down the field in what was expected to be a back-and-forth shootout. Top receiver Jordy Nelson hauled in a 27-yard pass after missing the victory at Dallas with a rib injury.

But, on third-and-4 at the Atlanta 23, the Falcons hurried Rodgers into an incom-

FALCONS’ Julio Jones reacts after catching a pass during the NFC championship game against the Green Bay Packers yesterday in Atlanta. (AP) pletion. Mason Crosby, who hit two field goals longer that 50 yards in the closing minutes against the Cowboys, pushed a 41-yard attempt right of the upright to snap a playoff-record streak of 23 straight field goals.

The Falcons drove the other way, settling for Matt Bryant’s 28-yard field goal and a 10-0 lead. Then, with Green Bay poised to make a game of it, Atlanta’s much-maligned defence — one of the lowest ranked in the NFL — came through a momentum-swinging play.

Fullback Aaron Ripkowski was breaking tackles and rumbling toward the end zone when Jalen Collins stripped the ball from behind and fell on it just across the goal line for a touchback.

On the ensuing possession, Ryan hooked up with Jones three times for 56 yards. Ryan finished it off with some surprisingly nimble running skills, faking out one defender with a pump fake before diving into the end zone for a 14-yard touchdown. It was Matty Ice’s first rush-

ing touchdown since Week 1 of the 2012 season and sparked an uncharacteristic outburst from the normally even-tempered quarterback.

Ryan gave the ball a thunderous spike and let out a scream that made it clear he wanted this game more than anything in his career. The guy who had a 1-4 record in the playoffs over his first eight seasons has finally earned his spot on the biggest stage of them all.

“We’ll be ready to go for sure,” Ryan said. “I’m just proud of the way that we competed and just really excited for two weeks from now.”

DON’T FORGET THE DEFENCE Atlanta’s defence, an afterthought compared to the other side of the line, kept the Packers out of the end zone until the game was essentially locked up.

Rodgers finished 27 of 45 for 287 yards and three TDs, but he also threw an interception, was sacked twice and faced a relentless

Falcons rush.

The Falcons finished with a 493-367 edge in total yards.

DOME FINALE What a send-off for the Georgia Dome, the Falcons’ home since 1992, which will be torn down and replaced next season by $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

With the home team comfortably ahead, the raucous crowd of more than 71,000 basically partied through the whole second half, bouncing along to rap music that turned the stadium with the big top-like roof into the world’s largest dance club.

The intensity of the celebration was understandable, given the Falcons’ largely forgettable history and the heartache doled out by all of Atlanta’s pro sports teams. The Braves, way back in 1995, are still the city’s only team to capture a big league championship.

Now, the Falcons are one win away from adding another title to that barren trophy case.

CURRY, THOMPSON EACH HIT 7 3S, WARRIORS PULL AWAY FROM MAGIC

By TERRANCE HARRIS Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The noon Eastern Standard Time tipoff was more than a little challenging for Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors. At first, anyway.

Tied at halftime, the Warriors woke up. Curry and Klay Thompson each finished with seven 3-pointers and the Warriors won their seventh straight game, beating the Orlando Magic 11898 yesterday.

This was the first Eastern time zone noon tip for the Warriors since 1995, when they lost by 34 points in Orlando.

“It just challenges you mentally,” Curry said of the early start. “We were talking about it in the locker room before the game. It is early, but it doesn’t matter what time the game is, we have go out and get a win.”

Curry had 14 points as the Warriors outscored Orlando 42-24 in the third quarter. He didn’t play in the fourth period.

Curry went 7 for 13 on 3s and scored 27 points while Thompson as 7 for 9 from behind the arc and had 21 points. The Warriors shot 19 of 42 overall from 3-point range while the Magic went 7 for 28.

After trailing by 11 in the first half and committing a dozen turnovers, the Warriors went into the break even at 50.

“Third quarter was great,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “It seems to be the time when we pick up our defence and it translates into some transition hoops and 3-pointers.”

Kevin Durant added 15 points for the Warriors, Zaza Pachulia had 14 and JaVale McGee added 13.

Elfrid Payton led Orlando with 23 points.

Nikola Vucevic, Jeff Green, C.J. Watson and Bismack Biyombo each had 12.

“I think they took care of the ball much better in the third quarter,” Vucevic said. “We didn’t do a good job defensively.”

TIP-INS Warriors: Lost at Orlando 132-98 on March 26, 1995, in their previous noon tip in the East. ... Kerr decided to rest backup point guard Shaun Livingston.

Magic: Starting guard Evan Fournier missed his fifth straight game with a right foot injury. ...D.J. Augustin sprained his right ankle during the second quarter and did not return to the game. ... The Magic signed DLeague affiliate Erie BayHawks forward Anthony Brown to a 10-day contract Sunday. Brown is averaging 21.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists and one steal in 16 games with the BayHawks.

NO BEEF It has been rumoured that Durant and Serge Ibaka didn’t get along when they were teammates with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The former teammates met Sunday on opposite sides for the first time since they both departed Oklahoma City last summer. There seemed to be a couple of unfriendly exchanges between Durant and Ibaka during the game but Durant said that wasn’t the case.

“I was not jawing with Serge,” said Durant.

“Y’all want me to be beefing with every player in the league. I was not jawing with Serge.”

UP NEXT Warriors: Golden State has a short trip for a backto-back swing against Miami tonight.

THE TRIBUNE

Monday, January 23, 2017, PAGE 7

Tough at the top: Murray, Kerber make 4th-round exits

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Andy Murray and Angelique Kerber had much in common heading into the first Grand Slam of the season as the No. 1 seeds.

They shared an unwanted link yesterday, though, when both were upset in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

By the end of a chaotic first week at Melbourne Park, fivetime finalist Murray had extended his Australian drought following a 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 loss to No. 50-ranked Mischa Zverev a matter of hours before defending women’s champion Kerber lost 6-3, 6-2 to CoCo Vandeweghe in an upset that finished at six minutes past midnight.

Novak Djokovic, who beat Murray in finals to win four of his record six Australian titles, didn’t make it past the second round.

Multiple major winners Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, both returning from injury layoffs, needed come-from-behind wins to advance to the second week.

Another six-time champion, Serena Williams, is still on track for a record 23rd major title and will get the second week started

on centre court. beaten a world No. It was tough at the 1,” the 35th-ranked top on Sunday for American said. “And Murray and Kerber. especially at a Grand “Right now I’m obSlam, I think it makes viously very down beit that much sweeter.” cause I wanted to go Kerber saved a further in this event,” match point in the first Murray said. “I’ve had round last year before tough losses in my cawinning her first mareer in the past. I’ve jor title, beating Sercome back from them. ena Williams in the This is a tough one.” final. She replaced WilMURRAY (AP) Kerber said: “Of liams atop the rankings course, they are new experiences after winning the US Open. Now ... new challenges,” Kerber said. Williams can regain the top spot “I can learn from all the other — if she wins the title here. stuff which is new for me.”

Murray rebounded last year Against Vandeweghe, she said from his Australian and French she was “trying everything, but I Open finals defeats to replace missed a lot and I make a lot of Djokovic at No. 1. He was undone unforced errors — this was not my by some old-school serve and volgame.” ley from Zverev, who played the Vandeweghe had never been match of his life. Zverev will now past the third round at the Aus- meet 17-time major winner Federtralian Open, and lost in the first er in the quarterfinals. round here last year. But she In between the upsets was pretpounded Kerber with a powerful ty rocky, too. Federer was down forehand, clubbing 13 of her 30 5-1 in the first set against Kei Niwinners from that side. shikori but found a way to fend off After match point, she shrugged the 2014 US Open finalist, who her shoulders in a “so-what” mo- was cramping and needed late tion after moving into a quarter- treatment on his back, 6-7 (4), 6-4, final against French Open winner 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.

Garbine Muguruza.

It was Federer’s 200th career “It’s the first time I’ve ever win over a top 10 player.

He was ecstatic. “It was about staying with him. ... almost going down 6-0, I thought ‘It’s not going to get any worse from there,’” said Federer, on the comeback from six months on the sidelines to repair his injured left knee. “Huge win for me in my career.”

Murray’s exit follows the second-round departure of Djokovic, beaten in the second round by No. 117-ranked wild-card entry Denis Istomin.

It’s the first time since 2002 that the top two seeds in the men’s draw haven’t reached the Australian Open quarterfinals, and the first time at a Grand Slam since the French Open in 2004.

In their absence, US Open champion Stan Wawrinka is a growing contender after beating Andreas Seppi 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4). He’ll play a quarterfinal against 2008 Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat Dan Evans 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.

In the bottom half of the draw, 14-time major winner Nadal is the only remaining contender who has won a Grand Slam title.

The top half of the women’s draw is open, too. Venus Williams returned to the quarterfinals for the ninth time with a 6-3, 7-5 win

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The seven-time major winner next plays No. 24-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who beat No. 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-3.

Muguruza beat Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-3 and will next play Vandeweghe — they’re both in the quarterfinals here for the first time.

Kerber’s loss continued a poor run since she won the US Open last September. She’s played seven tournaments without winning a title, only reached one final, and was 5-7 against top-50 players.

The bigger upset of the day, then, was produced by Zverev, the older and apparently lessertalented brother of Alexander who had never gone past the third round of a major and was appearing at only his third Grand Slam in six years.

Zverev attacked Murray, unsettling his natural baseline game, and won 65 of 118 points at the net. Murray had reached the quarterfinals or better on his previous seven trips to Australia but never won the title.

He had not lost to a player ranked as low as Zverev at a major since his loss to No. 51 Juan Ignacio Chela here in 2006.

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